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Since the 1960s, the amount of household chores done by women has dropped almost everywhere in the world. But compared to other kinds of social change, it remains slow to progress despite many women feeling they do an unfair proportion of housework compared to their male partners.
We speak to Guardian readers who responded to a callout on the subject of household chores in romantic couples. We ask them who does what, whether it is a source of tension and how the negotiations impact on the rest of their relationship. We also speak to Prof Joanne Davila, a psychologist from Stony Brook University who specialises in romantic relationships and reveals how house chores have the potential to become a make-or-break issue for some couples.
This podcast was commissioned as part of the Guardian’s Inequality Project, which is supported by the Ford Foundation
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